Essays and treatises on several subjects
Subtitle: in two volumes
By: by David Hume ...
Contributors: Cadell, T. (Thomas), 1742-1802, bookseller; Elliot, Charles, -1790, bookseller; C. Elliot, T. Kay, and Co; Stanly, John, former owner; Hirsh, Edward L., honoree; Hirsh, John C., donor
Edition: A new edition.
Publisher: Printed for T. Cadell; C. Elliott
Published: 1788
Place of publication: London; C. Elliot; T. Kay and Co; Edinburgh
Language: eng
Subjects: Theory of Knowledge; Early works to 1800; English Philosophy; Ethics; Political science
Other titles: Hume's Essays
Work titles: Selections
Notes: Vol. I: iv, [16]-486 [i.e. 485]; vol. II: vii, [1], 17-642 p.

Vol. I. page 18 wrongly numbered 17; text begins with p. [16].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ESTC N2087

John C. Hirsh; gift; 20140207.

Burns Library copy: in ms. on front pastedowns: John Stanley, 1797.

Burns Library copy: gift of Dr. John C. Hirsh in memory of his father, Dr. Edward L. Hirsh, professor of English at Boston College.
Table of contents: title: Vol. 1. Essays, moral, political, and literary; title: v. 2. An inquiry concerning human understanding; title: A dissertation on the passions; title: An inquiry concerning the principles of morals; title: The natural history of religion.